Gifts for the new year with their own hands

Preparing for the New Year holidays usually includes not only the selection of decorations for the house and drawing up a suitable menu, but also the search for original gifts for loved ones. Of course, creative products are the easiest to buy in modern stores. But you can also make good souvenirs and gifts for the New Year with your own hands. We reviewed the most interesting ideas for creating crafts by adults, and children who are still in school or just went to kindergarten. Detailed master classes will tell you how to make unusual gifts easily and simply using the available materials. You just have to choose the right ideas and start making amazing presents. Also do not forget about the beautiful gift wrapping. You can learn how to pack different gifts in literally 5-10 minutes in our step-by-step instructions.

Interesting: it is customary to give for Christmas and New Year in different countries

Get ideas for inspiration and learn what is unusual and interesting in different countries, you can use the following hint:

• Spain.

Classic gifts for Christmas for children in Spain are sweets. Adults can also give dried pork leg with a special cutting knife and a beautiful stand. The Spaniards will not give up on such New Year gifts as well: a certificate for professional makeup, a visit to the spa, a two-person flight by plane.

• France.

The book remains the best gift for the French. But also the French will not give up the stylish cape or the original cap, but any Frenchman will rejoice at a good gadget.

• Italy.

For Italians, the best Christmas gifts are plane tickets, vouchers, branded clothing, gadgets. The "forbidden" presents include cosmetics and underwear.

• Germany.

For practical Germans, home appliances will be the best gifts, for fans of relaxation and culture, books or CDs with world-class cinematography, as well as sweets sets. Universal version - flower poinsettia.

• Denmark.

Residents of Denmark mostly give each other for Christmas and New Year cute little things: pendants, decorations, home decor.

Gift ideas and ideas

Our short master classes will help you quickly and easily to make homemade gifts from scrap materials for the New Year and Christmas:

• Beads and a bracelet from magazines (newspapers, designer paper).

Old logs are cut into strips 2 cm wide and 4-5 cm long. Each strip is rolled into a scroll (leave a small hole inside). The edge is fixed with glue. Dried scrolls are put on the thread. Depending on the number of scrolls, you can make both beads and a multi-tiered bracelet.

• Bright photo frames.

A blank of the frame and its back is cut out of the cardboard. The cardboard frame is painted with gouache, decorated with glitter glue (rhinestones, sequins). Additionally varnished.

• Pendants for the Christmas tree and for the home.

From the branches, threads and beads you can make small crafts Christmas trees. From cones and glitter glue you get excellent pendants for home decoration.

• Sleigh from sweets.

Between a glue gun sticks a couple of chocolate bars. Christmas candy-hooks are glued to the sides. From the top stick purchased candy and bars. Additionally, you can decorate crafts with ribbons or ribbons.

Warm mittens

It is quite difficult to knit warm mittens on your own, so knitting mitts will become a simpler solution for making an unusual gift for your mother or girlfriend. You can make them using the following step-by-step master class in the table. Please note that knitting in it is done using knitting needles.

Handmade candles

For the manufacture of original candles, you can use different silicone forms. Work on creating unique products is quite simple: in a water bath, you need to melt paraffin or grated white candles. Then the wick is immersed in the silicone mold (can be used from the finished candle or purchased separately), paraffin is poured. After 3-4 hours you can remove the candle from the mold. Also very interesting technology decoupage candles. The work is carried out in stages according to the following scheme:

• The napkin selected for decoupage is divided into 2 (or 3) white sheets and one color.
• The details that will be used for decoration are cut out of the colored napkin sheet.
• A white (preferably as thick as possible) candle wraps a cloth on the side from which no work will be carried out at the moment. A piece of napkin is applied to the left part, it can be wetted beforehand so that it does not move. The picture is blown with a hairdryer (due to the fabric behind it, the burning on the hand will not be felt). Airflow continues until paraffin waxes out.
• The work is carried out for the parts of the candle that remain without decoupage.

Warm and cozy blanket and other products from yarn

The New Year's gifts made by own hands can be not only practical, but also give the special coziness and comfort to its owner. These gifts include knitwear. For example, using a large yarn, you can knit a warm blanket. The very knitting in this case will be carried out without the use of knitting needles or hook - you need to knit such a blanket with your hands. For work you need a yarn with a thickness of 26-29 microns. For a children's blanket you will need about 10 hanks, for an adult - 20-25. Knitting is carried out according to the following scheme:

1. Hands recruited a chain of 15-30 air loops.
2. From the second to the 7th row, the usual elastic band is knitted (it only knits by hand) with alternating face and purl loops. With each new row, the purl and face loops are not shifted and are located one above the other.
3. The main part (for example, another 10-15 rows) is knitted with facial loops. Ends knitting with 6 more rows of gum.

According to this technology, knitting with hands can be used to make decorative pillowcases, a snood or an ordinary scarf.

New Year's souvenir

You can make New Year's souvenirs for presenting to your friends, girlfriend or boyfriend from various materials at hand. Below we have reviewed the most interesting workshops on making simple crafts:

• Herringbone from yarn.

A cone is made of cardboard. Green threads (regular or knitting) are soaked in PVA. The cone is wrapped with cling film, then closely wrapped with threads. After drying, the Christmas tree is removed from the frame and decorated.

• Christmas tree toys from old lamps.

On old lamps you can draw a snowman, Santa Claus or Snow Maiden, a Christmas tree. In the work you need to use a primer and acrylic paints.

• Christmas balls.

For the manufacture of souvenirs will require plastic blanks for balls, consisting of two parts. Parts are separated, painted inside or filled with sparkles, tinsel. Then stick together.

You can also sew cool felt pendants. To do this, you need to draw a cool and simple drawing, cut it into parts of different colors and transfer it to felt. Next, stitching the details with seams "forward needle", "back needle" and obkidochnym seam, you can make bright toys. They can be filled with holofiber or padding polyester. They can also be supplemented with a tape or a hanging cord.

Photo Gifts

Making gifts from a photo requires the involvement of specialists, since it is simply impossible to make such non-standard gifts yourself. But the received gifts will always be relevant: you can give them to parents, grandparents, friends or your half. The most original options include:

• the calendar;

The calendar, which every month is decorated with a new photo, will help the bestowed person always remember the support and love of his family and friends.

• phone case;

A good gift for a friend. For the manufacture of such a cover is better to use funny and funny photos.

• dishes;

Mugs and even plates with cute photos of family or friends will look cool and cozy in any kitchen.

• decorative pillows;

Ideal for congratulations on the New Year's holidays their halves. On the pillows you can print joint photos.

• photobook.

In contrast, the photo album is not filled with photos, but consists of pages with photos. The best can be considered as photo books from various collages. This gift can be given to both parents and grandparents.

Gifts, sweets

Sweet gifts are ideal for serving in honor of the New Year holidays to colleagues, relatives and relatives. And if not every person can make caramels on their own, then baking beautiful ginger cookies is easier than ever. The following recipe is recommended as a basis:

1. Mix 3 tbsp. Honey and 2 tbsp. Sahara. Add to them for 2 tsp. grated ginger, cinnamon and a pinch of ground nutmeg. Transfer the mixture to the pan and put on a small fire. When the mixture becomes liquid (do not bring to a boil!), Add 1 tsp. soda and 70 g of butter, mix thoroughly and remove from heat.
2. To the mixture cooled to room temperature, add 1.5 cups of flour and 1 chicken egg. Knead the dough until smooth and leave it for 15 minutes.
3. Roll out the dough and make figures using molds for cookies. Bake in the oven (on parchment) at a temperature of 180 degrees for about 10-13 minutes.

Upon completion of baking, gingerbread can be decorated with icing, purchased pencils with food gels. Apply the pattern should be completely cooled gingerbread. Finished products after drying the gel should be packaged in cellophane. It is better to give them in beautiful wicker baskets, you can hand them together with chocolates and candies.

In a similar pattern, you can bake the "details" of the gingerbread house, and then assemble them into a three-dimensional shape, gluing together caramel or protein glaze.

Pictures in the style of string art

Fashionable pictures of carnations and threads are made without much difficulty. At the same time, an original gift can be presented to both a friend and beloved parents. For work the plywood sheet, a chipboard or a scrap of a board is usually used. Novice needlewomen are encouraged to try working with a small and simple silhouette. Gradually improving skills, you can move to multi-color images and pictures with complex shapes. You can make an original and simple picture using the string art technique using the following master class:

1. Print the silhouette of an object, attach paper to a sheet of plywood with masking tape.
2. Along the perimeter of the silhouette through the paper to drive into the board small carnations. The paper itself is carefully removed.
3. Fix the thread on one of the nails (so that the knot is barely noticeable) and proceed to tightening the thread between the nails located on opposite sides.
4. A new thread (when used ends) gently tie to the old one and continue weaving. Upon completion, fix the thread on the stud and remove it to the bottom of the picture.

Handmade cards

First you need to make the basis for future postcards. For this purpose, suitable solid dense cardboard. It should be cut from the workpiece dimensions of 15x20 cm. Then the card is folded in half. The outer part can be decorated:

• Stickers and stickers (this option is perfect for congratulating the child or youth).
• Rhinestones (in addition, a greeting inscription can be made a marker).
• Scrapbooking kits (Christmas sets can be purchased at any office supply store).
• Sequins, cuttings from felt or foamiran and ribbons (they can be glued onto a silicone transparent glue from a tube).
• Cut from old cards and ribbons (you can use fabric tapes or paper, which is recommended to be shirred, bending from side to side to get an "accordion" or you can wind it with scissors).

Fragrant handmade soap

Making scented soap does not require special skills and allows you to make a very cool and useful gift. You can give handmade soap to a beloved man, a friend, and a colleague. For the simplicity of creating such a souvenir, it is recommended to initially purchase a textured silicone form (for example, in the form of a snowflake, Christmas tree). Soap is made according to this scheme:

1. The base (purchased or grated baby soap) is melted in a water bath. The most convenient way to work with the basis of 100 g.
2. To the melted base is added 1/3 teaspoon of fatty oil. You can use coconut, wheat, almond oil.
3. Perfume (3-5 drops) and dye (1 drop of liquid) are added to the prepared mixture. Everything is thoroughly mixed.
4. The mixture is poured into a silicone mold. After solidification (this can take from 12 hours to a day), the finished soap can be removed from the mold.

Aromatic Bath Bombs

A gift in the form of homemade aromatic bombs will surely appeal to every girl. Moreover, such products under the force to make each. Below, we have described the ingredients of which such "cosmetics" are prepared step by step:

• In a glass container, mix 300 g of soda and 150 g of citric acid. Soda is better to sift.
• Add 10 ml of aromatic and 5 ml of ordinary (olive, almond or even sunflower refined) oil. Stir the ingredients quickly and thoroughly.
• Divide the prepared mixture into 2-3 parts. Leave one white, add dyes to the others.
• 1-2 times to splash water into the tank with water from a spray bottle (but do this only before using different types of mixture). Fill the molds with multi-colored layers. Leave to dry for 3-5 hours in a dry place. Then to shift in cellophane packing.

Not only dye can be added to the prepared mixtures, but also various glitters.

Gifts from your baby

You and your baby can pleasantly surprise grandparents, aunt and uncle by making unusual New Year's gifts. For example, you can make the preparation of salt dough and leave prints of the legs and arms of the child on it. Then you only need to carefully cut off the extra pieces of dough, bake it and paint under the snowmen, Christmas tree or Santa Claus. In a similar pattern, you can make cool cards. On them, the child can leave his prints in different colors, which, when simply drew a picture of the faces, gluing the decor, will turn into funny deer, bullfinches or Christmas trees. On plastic Christmas balls (blanks), the baby can also leave their own prints, and parents can decorate them with sparkles or to draw funny faces at will. Children's prints can be a beautiful decoration for tacks, Christmas t-shirts.

How to pack a gift

Before giving a gift to the donor, it is necessary to take care of the beautiful packaging that can complement the gift. Choose simple and original packaging materials, and easily pack your own gift, the following workshops will help you:

• Multi-layer paper packaging (suitable for souvenirs, small gifts).

3-4 sheets of thin paper are stacked on each other with offset angles (the corners should not be the same). A gift is laid out in the center of the paper sheets. The corners of the paper go up, the packaging itself is assembled in a “bundle”. The knot is tied with a ribbon, jute thread, can be decorated with a fabric bow or pasted over with stars of shiny paper, foil.

• Tissue packaging.

From a piece of cloth, you can sew a small bag in 10-15 minutes. You can also make a knot out of it, according to the above master class. Even with a piece of fabric, you can simply wrap a rectangular, square box and gently wrap with ribbons. It is recommended to use textiles with Christmas motifs for the packaging: images of Christmas trees, balls or snowflakes.

Conclusion

With the help of our workshops, you can easily find the most interesting and creative gifts for your family and friends. For example, parents, grandparents, you can knit warm products made of yarn, or prepare simple crafts with your child. A friend or girlfriend will love the original Christmas souvenir, a candle or soap, made by yourself. For lovers of sweets, you yourself can prepare a gift for the national team, which includes sweet food: gingerbread, candy, candy. Step-by-step instructions are easy to repeat at home. In this case, the materials used are accessible to everyone and it will be easy and simple to work with them. In addition, take care of the beautiful packaging of the presents: you can use both paper and textile cuts as wrapping materials.